سعر الفائدة الفيدرالي ومخطط النقاط (FOMC)

About FOMC Federal Funds Target Rate & SEP Dot Plot

Eight Wednesdays a year at 2:00 PM ET, the Federal Open Market Committee sets the target range for the overnight federal funds rate alongside quarterly Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) dot plots. On October 28, 2026, the Committee voted 10–2 to hold the target range at 3.75% to 4.00%, with two hawkish dissents. The FOMC Federal Funds Target Rate & SEP Dot Plot secures #4 right behind the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (#3) and ahead of BEA Core PCE (#5) because the FOMC is the formal monetary-policy reaction function responding to CPI (#1), Payrolls (#2), and Michigan inflation expectations (#3). Its October 28, 2026 10–2 vote holding the target range at 3.75%–4.00%—with hawkish dissents from Governors Cook and Hammack citing sticky inflation alongside firm productivity and capital investment—reminded global investors that vote splits, quarterly dot-plot medians, and 2:30 PM ET press-conference remarks reprice equities worldwide in minutes. It ranks #4 rather than top-three only because rate holds and cuts are usually priced into overnight swaps once monthly CPI, payrolls, and sentiment surprises print.